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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: Several men try to leave the Big Boy Deli as the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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REPORTAGE - Modedroge: K2-Boom in New York
July 13, 2016 - New York, NY USA: the NYPD and Sheriffs dept. raid the Big Boy Deli on Broadway in Brooklyn, NY where it is alleged that K2 is being sold, in 2 days over 35 people where rushed to area hospitals after allegedly using K2 in the last 2 days
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NEWS - Pokémon Go Fieber
CREDIT: Auburn PD/Rex Shutterstock. Editorial use only
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Auburn PD/REX/Shutterstock (5770188a)
Damage to the car driven by Steven Cary
Pokemon Go user crashes into tree, Auburn, New York, USA - 12 Jul 2016
A driver escaped serious injury after crashing a car while playing Pokemon Go. Steven Cary, 28, was driving his brother's car on Tuesday (12 July) at around 10:44pm when he crashed his vehicle into a tree in Auburn, New York. Mr Cary admitted to actively playing the ?Pokemon Go? game while driving causing him to become distracted and run off the road. Auburn Police Department say: "Luckily the driver was not seriously injured but this is an example of how easily accidents can occur when someone is engaged in the game and not paying attention. The accident investigation is on-going."
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Unusual jewellery that encourages gestures - 31 Jan 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Christian Luis / Rex Features (2109623m)
Power Gesture is an implement that requires the user to assume the authoritative (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Unusual jewellery that encourages gestures - 31 Jan 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Christian Luis / Rex Features (2109623n)
Power Gesture is an implement that requires the user to assume the authoritative (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Remains of King Richard III found, Leicester, Britain - 4 Feb 2013
MUSST CREDIT: University of Leicester/Rex Features
Mandatory Credit: Photo by University of Leicester / Rex Features (2111604c)
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European launch of 'Ekso' bionic exoskeleton, London, Britain - 21 Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features (1479649j)
Bionic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Walk Again
A woman who has been in a wheelchair since 1992 has been able to walk again thanks to an unusual bionic exoskeleton.
Amanda Boxtel, who has been paralysed for almost 20 years following a skiing accident, was able to stand and walk with the aid of the Ekso exoskeleton.
She demonstrated the device during its European launch at the London International Technology Show.
The Ekso helps a user to walk by picking up small upper body movements and translating them into strides.
According to Eythor Bender, chief executive officer of Ekso Bionics, the project was originally funded by the American military interested in giving soldiers an advantage on the battlefield.
However, five years ago the company realised that the technology could help people with spinal injuries and they began targeting it to paraplegics.
The Ekso is expected to be available in Britain next year and costs GBP 100,000.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VONCHDXGA (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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European launch of 'Ekso' bionic exoskeleton, London, Britain - 21 Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features (1479649i)
Bionic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Walk Again
A woman who has been in a wheelchair since 1992 has been able to walk again thanks to an unusual bionic exoskeleton.
Amanda Boxtel, who has been paralysed for almost 20 years following a skiing accident, was able to stand and walk with the aid of the Ekso exoskeleton.
She demonstrated the device during its European launch at the London International Technology Show.
The Ekso helps a user to walk by picking up small upper body movements and translating them into strides.
According to Eythor Bender, chief executive officer of Ekso Bionics, the project was originally funded by the American military interested in giving soldiers an advantage on the battlefield.
However, five years ago the company realised that the technology could help people with spinal injuries and they began targeting it to paraplegics.
The Ekso is expected to be available in Britain next year and costs GBP 100,000.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VONCHDXGA (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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European launch of 'Ekso' bionic exoskeleton, London, Britain - 21 Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features (1479649h)
Bionic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Walk Again
A woman who has been in a wheelchair since 1992 has been able to walk again thanks to an unusual bionic exoskeleton.
Amanda Boxtel, who has been paralysed for almost 20 years following a skiing accident, was able to stand and walk with the aid of the Ekso exoskeleton.
She demonstrated the device during its European launch at the London International Technology Show.
The Ekso helps a user to walk by picking up small upper body movements and translating them into strides.
According to Eythor Bender, chief executive officer of Ekso Bionics, the project was originally funded by the American military interested in giving soldiers an advantage on the battlefield.
However, five years ago the company realised that the technology could help people with spinal injuries and they began targeting it to paraplegics.
The Ekso is expected to be available in Britain next year and costs GBP 100,000.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VONCHDXGA (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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European launch of 'Ekso' bionic exoskeleton, London, Britain - 21 Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features (1479649f)
Bionic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Walk Again
A woman who has been in a wheelchair since 1992 has been able to walk again thanks to an unusual bionic exoskeleton.
Amanda Boxtel, who has been paralysed for almost 20 years following a skiing accident, was able to stand and walk with the aid of the Ekso exoskeleton.
She demonstrated the device during its European launch at the London International Technology Show.
The Ekso helps a user to walk by picking up small upper body movements and translating them into strides.
According to Eythor Bender, chief executive officer of Ekso Bionics, the project was originally funded by the American military interested in giving soldiers an advantage on the battlefield.
However, five years ago the company realised that the technology could help people with spinal injuries and they began targeting it to paraplegics.
The Ekso is expected to be available in Britain next year and costs GBP 100,000.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VONCHDXGA (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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European launch of 'Ekso' bionic exoskeleton, London, Britain - 21 Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features (1479649d)
Bionic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Walk Again
A woman who has been in a wheelchair since 1992 has been able to walk again thanks to an unusual bionic exoskeleton.
Amanda Boxtel, who has been paralysed for almost 20 years following a skiing accident, was able to stand and walk with the aid of the Ekso exoskeleton.
She demonstrated the device during its European launch at the London International Technology Show.
The Ekso helps a user to walk by picking up small upper body movements and translating them into strides.
According to Eythor Bender, chief executive officer of Ekso Bionics, the project was originally funded by the American military interested in giving soldiers an advantage on the battlefield.
However, five years ago the company realised that the technology could help people with spinal injuries and they began targeting it to paraplegics.
The Ekso is expected to be available in Britain next year and costs GBP 100,000.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VONCHDXGA (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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European launch of 'Ekso' bionic exoskeleton, London, Britain - 21 Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features (1479649a)
Bionic Exoskeleton Helps Paraplegic Walk Again
A woman who has been in a wheelchair since 1992 has been able to walk again thanks to an unusual bionic exoskeleton.
Amanda Boxtel, who has been paralysed for almost 20 years following a skiing accident, was able to stand and walk with the aid of the Ekso exoskeleton.
She demonstrated the device during its European launch at the London International Technology Show.
The Ekso helps a user to walk by picking up small upper body movements and translating them into strides.
According to Eythor Bender, chief executive officer of Ekso Bionics, the project was originally funded by the American military interested in giving soldiers an advantage on the battlefield.
However, five years ago the company realised that the technology could help people with spinal injuries and they began targeting it to paraplegics.
The Ekso is expected to be available in Britain next year and costs GBP 100,000.
MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Heathcliff O'Malley / Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VONCHDXGA (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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The i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand, Livingston, Scotland - 05 May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Murdoch Ferguson / Rex Features ( 1177867m )
Ian Reid, a firefighter from Thurso, Scotland, who had the lower portion of his right arm amputated after a bus accident, has become the first user of the i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand
Firefighter First To Get i-LIMB Pulse Prosthetic Hand
FIREFIGHTER FIRST TO GET i-LIMB PULSE PROSTHETIC HAND
Ian Reid was on a summer holiday in Gran Canaria in 2004, when he was involved in a tragic bus accident that claimed the life of his wife and left him with horrific injuries to his right arm.
After a brake failure, the bus rolled onto its side and slid down a steep road, with Ian's arm horrifically trapped.
The firefighter from the Scottish Highlands spent a week in hospital in Gran Canaria, an experience which he recalls as being the worst of his life.
"I couldn't speak the language and was in a lot of pain and discomfort the whole time," he says.
After a week, his insurance company flew him back to Scotland, where he spent several months in intensive care in Aberdeen.
"It was good to be back home, so my family could be with me," recalls the father of three. "My mum and dad came down from Thurso and stayed by my side the whole time, while friends and family pulled together to make sure the kids were looked after."
Ian's injuries were severe, but he still had some remnant bone and tissue from his hand, and the first goal of surgeons was to try and save whatever function they might be able to from his remaining limb.
"It was a terrible-looking injury, like something out of a horror movie," says Ian. "The surgeons tried to retain a basic open and close pinch between my finger and thumb, but it didn't work out in the end."
"Some of the doctors still wanted me to keep what I had left, because they felt that a prosthetic device wouldn't be able to give me back anything more, but I had really come to hate m...
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The i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand, Livingston, Scotland - 05 May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Murdoch Ferguson / Rex Features ( 1177867k )
Ian Reid, a firefighter from Thurso, Scotland, who had the lower portion of his right arm amputated after a bus accident, has become the first user of the i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand. Pictured with Rebecca Beltran, an occupational therapist with Touch Bionics.
Firefighter First To Get i-LIMB Pulse Prosthetic Hand
FIREFIGHTER FIRST TO GET i-LIMB PULSE PROSTHETIC HAND
Ian Reid was on a summer holiday in Gran Canaria in 2004, when he was involved in a tragic bus accident that claimed the life of his wife and left him with horrific injuries to his right arm.
After a brake failure, the bus rolled onto its side and slid down a steep road, with Ian's arm horrifically trapped.
The firefighter from the Scottish Highlands spent a week in hospital in Gran Canaria, an experience which he recalls as being the worst of his life.
"I couldn't speak the language and was in a lot of pain and discomfort the whole time," he says.
After a week, his insurance company flew him back to Scotland, where he spent several months in intensive care in Aberdeen.
"It was good to be back home, so my family could be with me," recalls the father of three. "My mum and dad came down from Thurso and stayed by my side the whole time, while friends and family pulled together to make sure the kids were looked after."
Ian's injuries were severe, but he still had some remnant bone and tissue from his hand, and the first goal of surgeons was to try and save whatever function they might be able to from his remaining limb.
"It was a terrible-looking injury, like something out of a horror movie," says Ian. "The surgeons tried to retain a basic open and close pinch between my finger and thumb, but it didn't work out in the end."
"Some of the doctors still wanted me to keep what I had left, because they felt that a prosthetic device w...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENNQQPYJS
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The i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand, Livingston, Scotland - 05 May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Murdoch Ferguson / Rex Features ( 1177867l )
Ian Reid, a firefighter from Thurso, Scotland, who had the lower portion of his right arm amputated after a bus accident, has become the first user of the i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand
Firefighter First To Get i-LIMB Pulse Prosthetic Hand
FIREFIGHTER FIRST TO GET i-LIMB PULSE PROSTHETIC HAND
Ian Reid was on a summer holiday in Gran Canaria in 2004, when he was involved in a tragic bus accident that claimed the life of his wife and left him with horrific injuries to his right arm.
After a brake failure, the bus rolled onto its side and slid down a steep road, with Ian's arm horrifically trapped.
The firefighter from the Scottish Highlands spent a week in hospital in Gran Canaria, an experience which he recalls as being the worst of his life.
"I couldn't speak the language and was in a lot of pain and discomfort the whole time," he says.
After a week, his insurance company flew him back to Scotland, where he spent several months in intensive care in Aberdeen.
"It was good to be back home, so my family could be with me," recalls the father of three. "My mum and dad came down from Thurso and stayed by my side the whole time, while friends and family pulled together to make sure the kids were looked after."
Ian's injuries were severe, but he still had some remnant bone and tissue from his hand, and the first goal of surgeons was to try and save whatever function they might be able to from his remaining limb.
"It was a terrible-looking injury, like something out of a horror movie," says Ian. "The surgeons tried to retain a basic open and close pinch between my finger and thumb, but it didn't work out in the end."
"Some of the doctors still wanted me to keep what I had left, because they felt that a prosthetic device wouldn't be able to give me back anything more, but I had really come to hate m...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENNQQPYJS
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The i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand, Livingston, Scotland - 05 May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Murdoch Ferguson / Rex Features ( 1177867j )
Ian Reid, a firefighter from Thurso, Scotland, who had the lower portion of his right arm amputated after a bus accident, has become the first user of the i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand. Pictured with Rebecca Beltran, an occupational therapist with Touch Bionics.
Firefighter First To Get i-LIMB Pulse Prosthetic Hand
FIREFIGHTER FIRST TO GET i-LIMB PULSE PROSTHETIC HAND
Ian Reid was on a summer holiday in Gran Canaria in 2004, when he was involved in a tragic bus accident that claimed the life of his wife and left him with horrific injuries to his right arm.
After a brake failure, the bus rolled onto its side and slid down a steep road, with Ian's arm horrifically trapped.
The firefighter from the Scottish Highlands spent a week in hospital in Gran Canaria, an experience which he recalls as being the worst of his life.
"I couldn't speak the language and was in a lot of pain and discomfort the whole time," he says.
After a week, his insurance company flew him back to Scotland, where he spent several months in intensive care in Aberdeen.
"It was good to be back home, so my family could be with me," recalls the father of three. "My mum and dad came down from Thurso and stayed by my side the whole time, while friends and family pulled together to make sure the kids were looked after."
Ian's injuries were severe, but he still had some remnant bone and tissue from his hand, and the first goal of surgeons was to try and save whatever function they might be able to from his remaining limb.
"It was a terrible-looking injury, like something out of a horror movie," says Ian. "The surgeons tried to retain a basic open and close pinch between my finger and thumb, but it didn't work out in the end."
"Some of the doctors still wanted me to keep what I had left, because they felt that a prosthetic device w...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENNQQPYJS
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The i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand, Livingston, Scotland - 05 May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Murdoch Ferguson / Rex Features ( 1177867i )
Ian Reid, a firefighter from Thurso, Scotland, who had the lower portion of his right arm amputated after a bus accident, has become the first user of the i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand. Pictured with Rebecca Beltran, an occupational therapist with Touch Bionics.
Firefighter First To Get i-LIMB Pulse Prosthetic Hand
FIREFIGHTER FIRST TO GET i-LIMB PULSE PROSTHETIC HAND
Ian Reid was on a summer holiday in Gran Canaria in 2004, when he was involved in a tragic bus accident that claimed the life of his wife and left him with horrific injuries to his right arm.
After a brake failure, the bus rolled onto its side and slid down a steep road, with Ian's arm horrifically trapped.
The firefighter from the Scottish Highlands spent a week in hospital in Gran Canaria, an experience which he recalls as being the worst of his life.
"I couldn't speak the language and was in a lot of pain and discomfort the whole time," he says.
After a week, his insurance company flew him back to Scotland, where he spent several months in intensive care in Aberdeen.
"It was good to be back home, so my family could be with me," recalls the father of three. "My mum and dad came down from Thurso and stayed by my side the whole time, while friends and family pulled together to make sure the kids were looked after."
Ian's injuries were severe, but he still had some remnant bone and tissue from his hand, and the first goal of surgeons was to try and save whatever function they might be able to from his remaining limb.
"It was a terrible-looking injury, like something out of a horror movie," says Ian. "The surgeons tried to retain a basic open and close pinch between my finger and thumb, but it didn't work out in the end."
"Some of the doctors still wanted me to keep what I had left, because they felt that a prosthetic device w...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENNQQPYJS
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The i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand, Livingston, Scotland - 05 May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Murdoch Ferguson / Rex Features ( 1177867h )
Ian Reid, a firefighter from Thurso, Scotland, who had the lower portion of his right arm amputated after a bus accident, has become the first user of the i-LIMB Pulse prosthetic hand
Firefighter First To Get i-LIMB Pulse Prosthetic Hand
FIREFIGHTER FIRST TO GET i-LIMB PULSE PROSTHETIC HAND
Ian Reid was on a summer holiday in Gran Canaria in 2004, when he was involved in a tragic bus accident that claimed the life of his wife and left him with horrific injuries to his right arm.
After a brake failure, the bus rolled onto its side and slid down a steep road, with Ian's arm horrifically trapped.
The firefighter from the Scottish Highlands spent a week in hospital in Gran Canaria, an experience which he recalls as being the worst of his life.
"I couldn't speak the language and was in a lot of pain and discomfort the whole time," he says.
After a week, his insurance company flew him back to Scotland, where he spent several months in intensive care in Aberdeen.
"It was good to be back home, so my family could be with me," recalls the father of three. "My mum and dad came down from Thurso and stayed by my side the whole time, while friends and family pulled together to make sure the kids were looked after."
Ian's injuries were severe, but he still had some remnant bone and tissue from his hand, and the first goal of surgeons was to try and save whatever function they might be able to from his remaining limb.
"It was a terrible-looking injury, like something out of a horror movie," says Ian. "The surgeons tried to retain a basic open and close pinch between my finger and thumb, but it didn't work out in the end."
"Some of the doctors still wanted me to keep what I had left, because they felt that a prosthetic device wouldn't be able to give me back anything more, but I had really come to hate m...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENNQQPYJS
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Tokyo, Japan - 06 May 2009
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Jones/REX/Shutterstock (919026k)
Residents from an old aged peoples nursing home take an afternoon stroll in a park in the suburbs of Tokyo Japan.
Tokyo, Japan - 06 May 2009
Japan top heavy population is shrinking with the proportion of the elderly increasing. A quarter of Tokyo's population will be over the age of 65 years of age by 2012.
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COCAINE USER
Mandatory Credit: Photo by MYKEL NICOLAOU / Rex Features (563473b)
Cocaine user
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COCAINE USER
Mandatory Credit: Photo by MYKEL NICOLAOU / Rex Features (563473a)
Cocaine user
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